Hezbollah to remain active after ceasefire, lawmaker says

The war cabinet is expected to meet at 6 p.m. to approve the agreement in Lebanon.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 26, 2024 16:25 Updated: NOVEMBER 26, 2024 17:06

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 24, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)

A ceasefire in Lebanon will be announced at 10 p.m. by the United States and France, according to Lebanese channel Al Jadeed.

Presidents Biden and Macron will announce the deal during the night, with the alleged agreement set to take effect at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

The deal must still pass through the war cabinet, which is expected to meet at 6 p.m. to approve the agreement in Lebanon. Netanyahu is also expected to run the ceasefire passed by the heads of the local authorities in the North.

If the cabinet approves the ceasefire agreement, it will go into effect regardless of the announcement.

MK ZVI SUKKOT protests last week at the Sde Teiman military base, against the detention of reserve soldiers suspected of sexually abusing an imprisoned Hamas terrorist. There’s a growing population that believes the law doesn’t apply to them, says the writer. (credit: DUDU GREENSPAN/FLASH90)

Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah MP, told Reuters in response to the announcement that Hezbollah would remain active, including in providing social services to displaced Lebanese civilians.

Fadlallah called the final hours before the ceasefire "dangerous, sensitive hours," given that the IDF launched a large-scale attack on Beirut earlier on Tuesday.

MK Zvi Sukkot, Otzmah Yehudit, said he would support a ceasefire as the IDF had managed to remove 80% of the leading figures in Hezbollah, reversing his previous opposition.

Several other right-wing figures have come out either conditionally approving or rejecting the ceasefire, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Naftali Bennett.

This comes after several days of strained last-minute negotiation, in which Israel pushed for the removal of France as guarantor of the security situation in Lebanon, citing current diplomatic tensions between France and Israel.

This is a developing story.